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Murderous Leeds: The Executed of the Twentieth Century - Couverture souple

Eddleston, John J

 
9781859839355: Murderous Leeds: The Executed of the Twentieth Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1859839355 ISBN 13 : 9781859839355
Editeur : DB Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The book includes absorbing real life accounts of nearly every reported murder that took place around Sussex during the twentieth century. It features well-known and lesser known cases but all arey fascinating tales of jealousy, revenge and tragedy. The people whose stories are told in this volume all had one thing in common. All of them were accused of taking the life of at least one other person, faced a trial for that crime, and were sentenced to hang by the neck until they were dead. Amongst those famous cases are the story of William Batty who shot his rival in love, or of the mysterious death of Emily Yeomans and decide for yourself whether David Maskill Blake was guilty of murder. The killers in this book have claimed the lives of spouses, parents, friends and strangers, for motives ranging from anger to jealousy, and old-fashioned greed. Read their stories for yourself and decide if those who died at the end of a rope all deserved that fate, and equally, if all those who escaped that terrible fate, should have done so.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The book includes absorbing real life accounts of nearly every reported murder that took place around Sussex during the twentieth century. It features well-known and lesser known cases but all arey fascinating tales of jealousy, revenge and tragedy. The people whose stories are told in this volume all had one thing in common. All of them were accused of taking the life of at least one other person, faced a trial for that crime, and were sentenced to hang by the neck until they were dead. Amongst those famous cases are the story of William Batty who shot his rival in love, or of the mysterious death of Emily Yeomans and decide for yourself whether David Maskill Blake was guilty of murder. The killers in this book have claimed the lives of spouses, parents, friends and strangers, for motives ranging from anger to jealousy, and old-fashioned greed. Read their stories for yourself and decide if those who died at the end of a rope all deserved that fate, and equally, if all those who escaped that terrible fate, should have done so.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Eddlestone was born in Lancaster in 1952. He now lives on the South Coast. He has been a banker and salesman but is now a full time author. Eddlestone is one of the foremost writers on crime in the UK. His interest int he executed came about when he was a child and was handed a penny by a kindly stranger. It turned out the stranger was Norman William Green, hanged the following year for the murder of two small boys.

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Éditeur
DB Publishing
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1859839355
ISBN 13 
9781859839355
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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